Quote Originally Posted by Emitans View Post
PLD locked out of HW because magic couldn't be blocked. Thank god they fixed that. There definitely wasn't a four month period this expansion where PLD was not wanted because it could not block incoming damage.
The issue at hand was damage and raid design being designed around Warrior’s Holmgang(Bleeds in Abyssos every raidwide + TB) which is dominant in cheesing mechanics and Tankbusters especially when paired with Bloodwhetting.

Also, the reason people didn’t pick PLD for P4S/P8S revolves around its damage, I believe - trying to fit everything in 2m windows and during on/off phases where melee are forced to disengage for mechanics.

I’ll say it again, Abyssos broke the camel’s back due to the design of P8S in general since before rework it was considered really bad because it couldn’t do what all 3 other tanks did: Huge big d*ck burst damage on demand. PLD had sustained damage for that tier via DoTs and their general rotation between Goring/RA back then. Now? It’s bastardized Holy Warrior with a side of GNB Blasting Zone on top.